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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2007
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Sven Jurgens, Paris, CA;
Rory Jones, Amsterdam, NL;
Mareije Roosen, Amsterdam, NL;
Sergei Kucheiko, Hilversum, NL;
Edwin Neef, Amsterdam, NL;
Karine Hilbrandie, Amsterdam, NL;
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Sven Jurgens, Paris, CA;
Rory Jones, Amsterdam, NL;
Mareije Roosen, Amsterdam, NL;
Sergei Kucheiko, Hilversum, NL;
Geert Hilbrandie, Amsterdam, NL;
Edwin Neef, Amsterdam, NL;
Tomtom International B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, an end-user can input a correction to a map error, directly on the device. The device is then able to use the correction without external processing of the correction. Hence, it is no longer necessary for an end-user to simply report errors to the map vendor over a web link, then wait for that map vendor to verify the error, update its maps and finally supply the end-user with updates—a cycle that can take months and sometimes years to complete. Instead, the navigation device can use the correction immediately. End-users can also share corrections with other end-users and also with a shared remote server that aggregates, validates and distributes corrections.